ASSESSMENT OF THE INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOTHE RAPYS EFFECTS DURING OPIOIDDETOXIFICATION - STATISTICAL-ANALYSIS OF THE TEXTUAL DATA

The interpersonal psychotherapy is a short psychotherapy well structur ed and containing three stages; In a first stage, it consists to relie d the addictive pathology to the interpersonal functioning disruption. In a second stage, four interpersonal problem areas-transition, inter personal disputes and deficits, grief-are investigated. In a third sta ge, synthesis and assessment of the progresses are made to improve the interpersonal functioning and to obtain the detoxification. The purpo se of this work is to improve by a structural psychotherapy the psychi atrist-patient relationship. Like that better therapeutic alliance is obtained. Eleven opioid hospitalised addicts participated to the study ; five followed classical detoxification, six are identicaly treated p lus interpersonal psychotherapy. Interviews at the beginning and the e nd are assessed using discours data analysis by the ALCESTE methodolog y. First interview is strickly oriented on addiction and facts. Progre ssivly cognitive changes appear through interviews depending on durati on of hospitalisation. In spite of patients small number; this prelimi nary works suggests that structured psychotherapy could be used during opioid detoxification to obtain better participation of these patient s.